Hook or hanger



Dec. 33, 1949 BROWN 2,490,994

HOOK OR HANGER Filed July 31, 1947 IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY .Patented Dec. 13, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HOOKORHANGER John Clark Brown, Upper Montclair, N. J. Application ruiy'si,1947, Serial No. 764,998

1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to hooks or hangers of a type adapted foruse in hanging a wide variety of objects such as kitchen utensils, smalltools, sewing utensils, wardrobe items such as ribbons, belts and ties,and the like. More particularly, the invention relates to a multiplehook or hanger made of a minimum number of individual parts, which isaccordingly pleasing in appearance, simple in construction andeconomical to manufacture, and which is arranged for easy attachment toa wall or door or other suitable support.

Multiple hooks or hangers of known construction generally comprise abracket having multiple bearing elements and a plurality of individualhooks or hangers arranged on a bolt or pin adapted to be supportedbetween the bearing elements. This construction does not lend itself toproviding a hook or hanger of a minimum number of individual parts, orof minimum cost of manufacture.

The invention is characterized by a horizontal plate having perforationsinset from its edge with a preformed partially-bent wire threaded in atleast some of the perforations whose superposed weight-supporting bodyportions are connected together by a single circular bend completedafter the wire is emplaced in its perforation with such a radius thatthe parts of the superposed body portions adjacent to the bendgrippingly but slidably engage both upper and lower surfaces of theplate for thus holding the body portions firmly and non-tiltinglyhorizontal even when they are weight-supporting.

Other aspects and objects of the invention will be more fully apparentas the description proceeds in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a multiple hook or hanger inaccordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view through the supporting bracket, showing oneof the double hooks or hangers in assembled position.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of a double hook or hanger made from asingle piece of wire and preformed as shown prior to insertion in aperforation in the bracket and prior to crimping into final relationshipto the bracket arm.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2 of a modified form of hanger inaccordance with the present invention in which each hanger has only asingle obj ect supporting element.

Referring to the drawings, the reference numeral I indicates a one-piecebracket having a vertical arm 2 provided with a plurality of openings 3for the reception of holding screws or the like, and having a horizontalarm 4 providedto be crimped into such relationship with the oppositesurfaces of the horizontal arm of the bracket and the perforationassociated with such hook being spaced sufficiently from the edge of thebracket to enable the uppermost arm of the hook to assume a horizontalor substantially horizontal position.

The wire is preformed into the peculiar shape shown in Fig. 3, whereuponit is threaded into the aperture on the hanger plate. It is to be notedthat the bend between the two hook-carrying arms is a single bend ofless than a right angle so that after the wire is threaded into theaperture on the hanger-plate, the single bend is merely further bentuntil both upper and lower hooked arms frictionally engage the upper andlower faces respectively of that rectangular shaped piece of metal leftbetween the aperture of the hanger-plate and its peripheral edge.

The single curved bend not only causes the hook-carrying arms tofrictionally engage the hanger-plate, but the second application ofbending pressure on the bend of Fig. 3, after the preformed wire isthreaded through the aperture of the hanger-plate, causes a certainamount of deformation of the cross-sectional shape of that part of thewire so bent that it, in turn, cone tributes somewhat further to thefrictional con tacts that retard too ready pivoting of the hooked; armsin the aperture. In other words, when in use, the arms are fairlyreadily adjustable to any position, but it takes positive force on thepart of the operator to so adjust them whereupon they tend to remain insuch adjusted position. Moreover, the close frictional contact of thoseportions of the arms that abut the hanger-plate assure maintenance ofthe arms in a horizontal position even though there is applied to them atilting force by the utensil that each arm supports. Indeed, thistilting force is multiplied by the two utensils on each dual arm, yetthe hangerplate does not have to be unduly thickened to assure suchhorizontalness.

In the preferred form of the invention the hooks or hangers 6 areadapted to swivel on the horizontal bracket arm, and so the crimpingoperation must be so performed as to enable the hooks or hangers toswivel. The same principles of construction are involved, however, in amultiple hook or hanger in which the hooks or hangers are crimped intofixed or non-swivelling relationship with the bracket arm, and. thismodification is accordingly considered to be within the scope of thepresent invention.

In Figure 4 the elements I to 5, inclusive, correspond to similarlynumbered elements in Figure 2, but the hanger element 6' is of adifferent form and is provided with only a single object supporting arm.

The present invention lends itself to simple dieforming operations, andthat it is not only possible to form the bracket and the hooks orhangerswith a minimum number of operations, but that the crimping operationsfor a plurality of hooks in a single bracket, as well as for a pluralityof hook and bracket assemblies, may be performed with a single set ofdies, whereby a considerable saving is effected in the-cost of assembly.

Although my invention has been described with specific reference to theaccompanying drawing, various modifications and substitutions may bemade within the spirit and scope of the invention, and I accordingly donot wish to limit my invention, except as defined in the appended laim-I. claim:

:bnt slidably engage both upper and lower surfaces of said rectanglethat lies therebetween for thus holding the body portions firmly andnontiltingly horizontal even when they are weightsupporting.

JOHN CLARK BROWN.

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